Touching the World in Two Ways

Michael Morrison has a PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is Dean of Faculty and Instructor in New Testament for Grace Communion Seminary. He is the author of Sabbath, Circumcision and Tithing and Who Needs a New Covenant? The Rhetorical Function of the Covenant Motif in the Argument of Hebrews.

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Some people think that Christianity is interesting, but
basically irrelevant—a harmless superstition. It’s fine for you, they might
say, but it really makes no difference to anyone else.

Now, the opposite was true for Jesus: his ministry and
teachings did not help himself at all, and they made a big difference for
everyone else.

In the modern world, there is often a big disconnect between
Christ and Christianity, and today I’d like to explore that a little bit. We’ll
start with one of the events in the life of Christ, recorded in Mark chapter 6.

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Paul sent Timothy to Ephesus to correct a few doctrinal
problems in the church. He also sent Timothy a letter outlining his mission—a
letter that was designed to be read to the entire congregation so that everyone
would know that Timothy was acting with Paul’s authority.

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Michael Morrison

2012

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Stewardship of Talents

Jesus used a steward as an example in several of his
parables, because all of us in some way or another manage things that belong to
God. The word “stewardship” often refers to the way that we use money, and it
is a reminder that the stuff we have is not really our own, and so we ought to
be generous in giving some of it back to God for his use.

Michael Morrison has a PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is Dean of Faculty and Instructor in New Testament for Grace Communion Seminary. He is the author of Sabbath, Circumcision and Tithing and Who Needs a New Covenant? The Rhetorical Function of the Covenant Motif in the Argument of Hebrews.

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Christian churches sometimes talk about the idea of “stewardship,”
but especially for new people, it is often an unfamiliar word. We don’t know
what stewardship is, and we don’t know what a steward is.

But Jesus used a steward as an example in several of his
parables, so it is helpful for us to see what he is talking about.

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There are many difficulties involved in interpreting prophecy, but if we take the Bible seriously, we need to study prophecy, because prophecy is a large part of the literature God has inspired to be written and preserved in the Christian canon. Since prophecy encourages us to know God and do his will, it is important for us to study it, even if it is difficult.

Michael Morrison has a PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is Dean of Faculty and Instructor in New Testament for Grace Communion Seminary. He is the author of Sabbath, Circumcision and Tithing and Who Needs a New Covenant? The Rhetorical Function of the Covenant Motif in the Argument of Hebrews.

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Our nation is full of immigrants. Many of us were born in a
different nation, and we moved to America at some point in our life. Or maybe
it was our great-great grandparents who moved to America from “the old country.”
Even if we are Native Americans, if we go back far enough, we will see that our
ancestors came to this land from somewhere else.

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God created the first humans in the image of God, in the likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-30). What does the “image of God” mean? In what way are we humans different than animals, and in what way are we like God? How has sin affected the image? Is this image relevant to Christian growth, sanctification and the ministry of the church?

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About 30 years after Jesus Christ, a wealthy man named Theophilus became interested in following Jesus. Some of the stories he heard about Jesus seemed too strange to be true. So he asked an investigator to get the facts about what Jesus had really done and taught.

This special investigator learned as much as he could about Jesus' life, work and teachings. He then wrote an organized documentary about Jesus. We call it the Gospel of Luke.

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Michael Morrison

1993

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What did first-century believers do
in their worship meetings? The Bible gives us only a few glimpses into the
details. Paul gives a description in 1 Corinthians 14:26: “When you come
together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a
tongue or an interpretation.” Every believer had a part to play, each according
to the way that God had gifted them.

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The believers in Corinth liked to speak in tongues, but Paul
encouraged them to focus instead on gifts that build up the church. He explains
why the gift of prophesying is better than tongues for use in church meetings.

Does anyone understand? (verses 13-17)

Believers meet together in order to build one another up (v.
26). But tongues are of private value; they do not help others. So Paul
exhorts, “the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret
what they say.” If they speak in tongues, they should desire that their words
be explained.